So the United States White House and the President had leveled the Transgender Military Ban that transgender troops would be barred from the military and could not serve. The Defense Secretary later announced that the Pentagon would allow transgender people to serve openly. The Obama administration repealed discriminatory laws and supported transgender people serving. The new administration was seen as a threat to transgender troops and proved to be just that. In May 2017 two transgender cadets one at West…..
Click to read a free excerpt from chapter 1. The Seer of Grace and Fire – chapter 1 How is work progressing on The Seer of Grace and Fire which is coming out soon? So, things are moving right along with the beta reading process for The Seer of Grace and Fire which is volume number 1 of my new dark fantasy series. This is the first time that I have had both a beta reader and an editor and…..
The grydscaen RPG Trading Card game is becoming a reality. We are currently at the printer. The design team is working on the bleeds on the rule books because I guess I didn’t format the covers of the InDesign files correctly. No doubt that is left over points off from art school layout classes. It has been three years since I was in that InDesign class so I was bound to forget some stuff I learned. The file had a…..
There you have it grydscaen style Today was an excellent day. Went to the printer with all the grydscaen RPG Trading Card game files. The game is finished. We have tokens, 78 cards, 2 Rare cards, Tarot Guidebook, RPG Rulebook and a box with graphics. Should see proofs of the game set early next week after receiving the printing estimate tomorrow. Then onto proofs and then finally the actual printing. The grydscaen RPG game has been a dream of mine for…..
So work continues on The Seer of Grace and Fire book 1. We are currently in beta and almost half way through the chapters. The book has twenty chapters in book 1 and we just got through the beta edits for the high court session in chapter 7 that occurs in the Jahnae Faerie kingdom at the capital in Kannon. I have been enjoying the beta reader process so far. This is the first time that I have had a…..
Excerpt from Chapter 1: The Alchemist’s Ranger, the prequel novella to The Seer of Grace and Fire The rain poured down in sheets pounding the ground, leaving the streets near empty as the dark of night drew close. Timorn held the hood of his tunic close to his face, clutching the green tanned hide in his fingers as he darted down the road covering his head and keeping the rain out of his eyes. He had been running for twenty…..
The Alchemist’s Ranger Book Summary: Timorn is a Ranger traveling the human cities hiring out his services from town to town. Arriving in Fallow in a rainstorm twenty days before DarkFall, he happens upon the Singing Harp pub making the rounds trying to find work for hire. Timorn happens upon a man in fancy dress in the pub looking for a sacred alchemy tool that turns raw metal into gold, an impossible magic. Hired for the task, which offers more…..
Figure: “Timorn Ethesian Brotherly Love” by Natsuya Uesugi So I have been doing concept art for The Seer of Grace and Fire and wanted to share the final image from Book 2, The Seer of Ice and Sky (novel and manga). This drawing I think has a certain feel of kindness and compassion between two twins who have been through a traumatic experience. The drawing features Ethesian, the Dream Seer with the long hair comforting a wounded Timorn, her twin…..
The Seer of Grace and Fire book 1 manuscript is completed and currently in beta. This book like grydscaen: tribute will feature illustrations for each chapter. The second book in the series, The Seer of Ice and Sky will also include chapter art. We have currently done 32 pieces of concept art for The Seer of Grace and Fire series. The banner above features characters from Book 2. The center character is Dalannin, the dark elf mage and he was…..